WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16) today introduced the Fair College Admissions for Students Act to stop universities across the country from giving preferential treatment to children of alumni and donors and ensure equity in the admissions process. Merkley and Bowman’s
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians have earned $500,000 in federal funds for work on planning activities for broadband infrastructure connection, construction, and service deployment.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley congratulates Katherine Parrish, a junior at Corvallis High School on the completion of her service as a Page to the United States Senate. Katherine came to the Senate in the Fall of 2021, serving in the first cohort of pages to return
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a leading voice on supporting democracy and human rights in Burma—issued the following statement marking the one-year anniversary of the military coup in Burma: “A year ago, we were all shocked and heartbroken
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement today regarding the start of Black History Month: “Today marks the beginning of this year’s Black History Month. February is a time for all of us to recognize the indelible impact that Black Americans have made on our
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that Mercy Foundation in Roseburg will receive $375,768 from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to expand telehealth services for rural schools. “The pandemic has forced us to find different ways to deliver health care services safely and efficiently,
Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week joined colleagues to call on the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide penalty relief for taxpayers in Oregon and nationwide amid extensive, ongoing processing backlogs at the IRS. “While the COVID-19 pandemic has strained every
Washington, D.C. — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) led their colleagues in a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressing concern that persistent underfunding of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will have negative effects on
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that Oregon will receive $1.23 million in federal reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for emergency protective measures in extreme fire conditions and hazardous debris removal from the Riverside Fire that ripped through Clackamas County in September
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After many years of advocacy on behalf of Tillamook Bay, where infrastructure problems at the Port of Garibaldi impact local residents, commercial fisherman, and tourists, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced the allocation of $62 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
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